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Rate My Professor Kate Grafton

University of Lincoln

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5.08/20/2025

Encourages students to think independently.

5.04/30/2025

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Professor Kate Grafton serves as Head of the School of Health and Care Sciences and Professor of Allied Health Professions Education at the University of Lincoln. She qualified as a physiotherapist from the Nottingham School of Physiotherapy in 1988 and worked for over a decade in the NHS in Sheffield, specializing in the management of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. In 1999, she began a clinical academic role in a joint appointment with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Grafton obtained an MSc in Manipulative Therapy from Coventry University in 2001 and completed a Professional Doctorate at Sheffield Hallam University in 2013. At Sheffield Hallam University, she held positions as Deputy Head of the Department of Allied Health Professions and Head of International for the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing. Her research specializations encompass allied health professions education, physical activity and sedentary behaviours across the lifespan, outcome measures in physiotherapy, international physiotherapy practice, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. She has contributed to developing research capacity in allied health professions through frameworks and internships.